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Patient and carer perceived barriers to early presentation and diagnosis of lung cancer: a systematic review.
(2019-01-08)BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is typically diagnosed at a late stage. Early presentation and detection of lung cancer symptoms is critical to improving survival but can be clinically complicated and as yet a robust screening ... -
Line mesh distributions: An alternative approach for multivariate environmental extremes
(Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2019)Copulas and other multivariate models can give joint exceedance probabilities for multivariate events in the naturalenvironment. However, the choice of the most appropriate multivariate model may not always be evident in ... -
Brokering practices among international EAL students at a New Zealand university
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The numbers of international students enrolled in higher education in Anglophone countries have increased in the past decade, with the majority of students originating from Asian countries such as China. While it is in the ... -
Counselling in the context of suicidal ideation in Malaysia
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Counselling is particularly challenging in the context of potential harm through suicide. This is a time when it is clear that responsibilities for and influences on practice go beyond the client in the room. Socio-cultural ... -
The effect of proprioceptive knee bracing on knee stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)Background Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is common among young athletes and can impact knee stability and control. Wearing proprioceptive knee braces can improve knee control and may reduce the risk factors ... -
Testing for Bubbles in Time Series Data Using Long Historical Series
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The concept of asset price bubble has drawn a large amount of academic attention. A bubble is commonly defined as where the asset price is not justified by expectations of the fundamentals. The empirical characteristics ... -
Supporting interactive system testing with interaction sequences
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Despite extensive research into the modelling and testing of interactive systems, existing strategies do not adequately cover all parts of an interactive system. These existing strategies model and test either the functional ... -
Computational Bayesian inference using low discrepancy sequences
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA) provides fast and accurate Bayesian inference for complex hierarchical models. For INLA, and other deterministic methods, the hyperparameter space is explored and points ... -
From confounded to common ground: misunderstandings between tertiary teachers and students in online discussions
(ASCILITE, 2019)Drawing on findings from two studies, this article focuses on the expectations of students and teachers in higher education, when learning via asynchronous online discussions. In particular, this synthesis highlights a ... -
Online and in person: Beliefs about consent and viewing explicit material
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Through the process of technological advancement, it is now easier than ever to access sexually explicit material and be exposed to sexually objectified women. As social norms have changed traditional gender roles, rape ... -
Analogy instructions promote efficiency of cognitive processes during hockey push-pass performance
(American Psychological Association, 2019)Analogy instructions may promote effective skill acquisition by providing movement-specific information that can be processed as a single, meaningful unit, rather than as separate “bits” of information (Liao & Masters, ... -
Introduction to tephra-derived soils and farming, Waikato-Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. University of Wisconsin-Platteville Education Abroad Program: Winterim Field Trip (15-17 January, 2019).
(School of Science (Earth Sciences), University of Waikato, 2019)This tour guide describes the origin of tephras and tephra-derived soils in North Island, New Zealand, including via upbuilding pedogenesis, and their mineralogical and other properties relevant to farming and orcharding ... -
MaxGain: Regularisation of neural networks by constraining activation magnitudes
(Springer, 2019)Effective regularisation of neural networks is essential to combat overfitting due to the large number of parameters involved. We present an empirical analogue to the Lipschitz constant of a feed-forward neural network, ... -
Discursive constructions of teachers’ professional identities in early childhood policies and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: Complexities and contradictions
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Over the last two decades, neo-liberal education reform has notably transformed the landscape of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Aotearoa New Zealand. From an increasingly supportive approach, aiming to ensure ... -
'Time on my side': Experiences of accelerated students who entered university early in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This qualitative study investigated the lived experiences of 10 young people who had been accelerated in their schooling and entered university at a much earlier age than is typical for students in Aotearoa New Zealand. ... -
Verification of the diagnosability of discrete-event systems in waters
(Department of Computer Science, The University of Waikato, 2018-11-21)The task of detecting faults and reacting to them appropriately is a crucial aspect of a building a stable system. If a fault cannot be directly observed, its occurrence must be inferred from what can be observed. In the ... -
Inter-laboratory testing of the effect of DNA blocking reagent G2 on DNA extraction from low-biomass clay samples
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018-04-09)Here we show that a commercial blocking reagent (G2) based on modifed eukaryotic DNA signifcantly improved DNA extraction efciency. We subjected G2 to an inter-laboratory testing, where DNA was extracted from the same clay ... -
Personality and Representation in Environmental Law
(2018-02-06)Jorge Vinuales from the University of Cambridge observed in his working paper on “Law and the Anthropocene” that law is founded on a series of core concepts, such as, “legal personality, representation, obligation, debt, ... -
Criminalization of Terrorist Financing; From Theory to Practice
(University of California Press, 2018)This article analyses the criminalization provisions of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, the backbone of the legal regime for the prevention of terrorist financing. It makes ... -
The Art of Coffee Roasting: Investigations into Sensor Development for the Application of Controlling Coffee Roasting
(The University of Waikato, 2018)In this thesis, I investigate novel methods of sensing change in roasting coffee. Coffee roasting is a vital step in coffee’s supply chain. It is the process that takes green coffee and transforms it via a series of many ...
